DeWitt Ellinwood (State University of New York at Albany)

updated: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:25:50 -0500 (EST)

DeWitt C. Ellinwood
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of History
State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) 
Albany, NY 12222  USA

phones: 518-442-4800 (office)
        518-438-4358 (residence)
FAX:    518-442-3477
email:  de286@cnsvax.albany.edu

Home address:
22 Elmwood St.
Albany, NY  12203   USA

RESEARCH:
Editing the diary of Amar Singh of Jaipur State, Rajasthan, India,
1905-21. In the Indian Army, he was commissioned without power of command
in 1905; along with 8 other Indians he was given a full commission in
1917. After 1921 he was a commander in the Jaipur State Forces. 

Associated topics:

Indo-British relations
Indianization of the army officer corps
military professionalism
Military cantonments
Indians in World War I
Afghan war, 1919-21
Landholding in Rajasthan: thikana; thakur; jagir; jagirdar
Rajasthan; Rajputana; Jaipur; Jodhpur; Alwar; Ajmer
Rajputs; Rathore Rajputs; Champawat Rajputs
Caste, religious, and regional makeup of the Indian Army
Soldiers' experiences in the army
Nationalism and Indian soldiers
The army and the approach of independence
Indian army and World War II



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